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BETWEEN WHOM WILL THE NEXT BOUT BE?BOB DONEGAN SAYS THAT IF HE DOESN’T GET MATCH PRETTY SOON HE MAY STAGE ONE.HAN AND DILLONA MATCH BETWEEN THESE TWO WOULD NO DOUBT BE A GOOD DRAWING CARD IN THIS CITY.WOULD LIKE DILLONOld Regular, Writing About Jack's Ability, Says he May Some Time Have it Out With Jack Johnson, Champion.Because of Hie great expense and’ because of a smaller crowd than Utej aaasagemem bad anticipated at iltoirecent bout between Kid Dalton and) Pwny Bronson, it has nut been definite-! ly decided as yet what will be douej toward giving another such cxhibi-j tlon in this cty. True, there s a de-j maud for more fistic encounters, but| whether this demand is great enough is what the management is now, trying to ascertain.Lack Sporting Blood.It is a hard proposition to bring good fighters to this city with the prices is necessary to charge. The; true sporting element does not seem1 to have hit this town, for it is be-! JJeved that should Wolgast doicde| to come here, it would be impossible to get twelve disciples into the coliseum at one dollar a throw. The management cannot be blamed for not' undertakng such a proposition.Dillon vs. Donegan.It is thought, however, that Jack Dillon could ho persuaded to come! here at reasonable prices and this may be done. Bob Donegan. who came here from California looking for a fight, says that he may decide to put on a card If the management, does not see tit. A bout between Do.i-egan and Dillon ought to draw, with' DjlJon al US and Donegan at 14S.! With one light. Jack would establish) a popularity probably as strong as 1 did Bronson, for he is a comely fighter. too. and every inch a man. The outcome will be known in a few days.:Dillon is Touted.The Old Regular, writing for the! Indianapolis Star, was talking about-Freddie Cole's chances with Ad. Wol-J gast in Muncle gitf |,o had the following to say Hoarding Plllon.toio has tbe advantage of having a fighter like Jack Dillon to work with him while he is preparing for the champon.Jt might be mentioned wltlb- Dll ( Ion's name is fresh in our minds that) Jack is one of the best welterweights in the game today. It might not be going too far to say he is one of the ^ heat middle weights, for Dillon has almost outgrown the welterweight . division. As a prophet i am not the | least bit shaky about going a little 5 further than that, although the un- . initiated may smile as they ponder , the question. This same Jack Dillon may he* the very boy that within two or three years may wrest the heavy- ^ weight crown from the negro. Jack (tofcQSoa, r’ Look at the Records.Now what do you think of that? Never mind, go bark and look over,, the record of Noah Brusso—the Tom- , my Burns that gave Johnson his firstclaim to the heavyweight title. Burns was a welterweight, a middleweight and a heavyweight. Also he was the greatest of the In aud outers. But he had something on .Marvin Hart, and afterward posed as the heavyweight champion. You know the rest. Why rub it In by reviewing the battles in Australia and Nevada?Dillon Undefeated.These fights have nothing to do with Jack DNIon —■but show me th-man little or big that ever put Dillon down for the count. Not i*i a:! his nineteen years has Dillon been defeated. And he Is one of the boys that has graduated from the lower division. Lightweight as a kid, welterweight and now practically n middle weight and -?i 11 growing. It's a gamble how there are no welterweights in the game that have a thing cn Dillon and aside from Sam Langford and perhaps Stanley Ketch el—*if he can get In condition—| there is no middleweight. Even hats may be lifted within the in-xt year unless Langford grows aw-v «•-yoml the middleweight limit. Dillon is ready and eager to meet Hilly 1'apke now.Master in Bronson.One of the secrets of Dillon’s success is the fact that he has I II a■ master like Bronson as his spurring| partner. The word master is n*cd| advisedly. Who will deny that Brcn-f son is one of the cleverest, if net the cleverest, boxer of the age? Dam*7 Anybody with an opinion to the «‘oj -trary please look up the files of the Boston and New Orleans newspapers Not for a fuller story, but for reference.1
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Richmond Morning News
Richmond, Indiana, US
Mon, Aug 01, 1910
Page 7
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